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08 January 2025 IBM i Shops: Why It’s Time to Resolve Technical Debt to Increase Revenue Programming - Other | Programming 1,415
04 December 2024 Programming in ILE RPG - Defining Data Structures, Part II RPG | Programming 928
06 November 2024 Programming in ILE RPG - Defining Data Structures, Part I RPG | Programming 2,190
02 October 2024 Programming in ILE RPG - Defining Standalone Variables & Assigning Initial Values to Data RPG | Programming 1,616
04 September 2024 Programming in ILE RPG - Declaring Named Constants RPG | Programming 1,861
07 August 2024 Programming in ILE RPG - Using Declarations RPG | Programming 2,129
13 October 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Navigating Legacy Code RPG | Programming 2,822
15 September 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Creating and Using Files: Output Editing RPG | Programming 2,901
07 June 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Externally Described Printer Files RPG | Programming 3,856
03 May 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - DDS Database Concepts RPG | Programming 3,915
05 April 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Creating and Using Files: Creating Views and Indexes with SQL RPG | Programming 3,400
01 March 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Creating and Using Files: Data Types and Data Storage RPG | Programming 2,969
01 February 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Creating and Using Files: SQL Database Concepts RPG | Programming 3,710
04 January 2023 Programming in ILE RPG - Creating and Using Files: IBM Database Concepts RPG | Programming 3,788
14 January 2022 Getting Started: Free vs. Fixed and Internal Documentation in ILE RPG Programming RPG | Programming 6,318
05 January 2022 Getting Started: Building the ILE RPG Program and Navigating Legacy Code RPG | Programming 4,822
10 December 2021 Getting Started: Sections & a Sample of ILE RPG Programs RPG | Programming 8,824
06 February 2019 Introduction to Runtime Arrays in ILE RPG RPG | Programming 30,062
12 June 2017 Book Review: Developing Business Applications for the Web--With HTML, CSS, JSP, PHP, ASP.NET, and JavaScript Programming | 8,885
11 November 2016 RPG Fundamentals Tip #3: Working with Nomain Modules RPG | Programming 12,167
21 October 2016 RPG Fundamentals Tip #2: Working with Linear Main Programs RPG | Programming 10,721
02 September 2016 RPG Fundamentals Tip #1: Working with Cycle Main Programs RPG | Programming 7,638
16 December 2015 Maintaining Service Programs in ILE RPG RPG | Programming 10,381
21 October 2015 Introduction to Service Programs RPG | Programming 11,056
16 September 2015 Introduction to Embedded SQL SQL | Programming 10,476
08 July 2015 Sending Messages on IBM i, Part 2 CL | Programming - Other | Programming 23,044
13 May 2015 Sending Messages on IBM i, Part 1 CL | Programming - Other | Programming 8,187
19 June 2013 RPG IV Style: Free-Format Syntax RPG | Programming 12,935
12 June 2013 Introduction to SQL, Part 5 SQL | Programming 6,634
10 April 2013 Introduction to SQL, Part 4 SQL | Programming 7,315
13 March 2013 Introduction to SQL, Part 3 SQL | Programming 8,503
22 February 2013 TechTip: Passing Parameters by Read-Only Reference RPG | Programming 8,208
01 February 2013 TechTip: Comments: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly RPG | Programming 5,684
12 December 2012 Introduction to SQL, Part 2 SQL | Programming 7,376
14 November 2012 Introduction to SQL, Part 1 SQL | Programming 8,866
08 February 2012 Harnessing the Power of Control Language Programming for IBM i CL | Programming - Other | Programming 6,616
James Buck
Jim Buck's career in IT has spanned more than 35 years, primarily in the college education, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Past president (13 years) of the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association, he has served on several teams developing IBM and COMMON certification tests. Jim has co-authored several IBM i textbooks with Bryan Meyers that are used by many companies and in colleges worldwide. Other accomplishments include: recipient of the 2007 IBM System i Innovation - Education Excellence Award, 2014 COMMON President's Award, and 2013/2016/2017 IBM Champion - Power Systems.

Jim is the president and founder of imPower Technologies, where he provides professional IBM i training and consulting services. He is active in the IBM i community, working to help companies train their employees in the latest IBM technologies and develop the next generation of IBM i professionals.

MC Press books written by Jim Buck available now on the MC Press Bookstore.

Control Language Programming for IBM i Control Language Programming for IBM i
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Mastering IBM i Mastering IBM i
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Programming in ILE RPG Programming in ILE RPG
Get the definitive guide to the RPG programming language.
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Programming in RPG IV Programming in RPG IV
Understand the essentials of business programming using RPG IV.
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